So I work at a Nissan Dealership on the weekends for a second job doing various stuff and they said I could use the shop for my swap. So I took the day off yesterday to put my RB20 in.
The awesome thing about doin it at the dealership was having inground lifts with an airpowered engine platform and air tools
I snapped a few shots.
My car up on the lift getting the crossmember, swaybars, power brace removed. The sticker on the side just appeared on my car one night and I havent bothered taking it off because I'm painting my car soon enough...
Air powered engine lift had no problems lifting the motor up, it's truely an amazing day when you don't even have to crouch, kneel, bend over or strain yourself in any way when you swap a motor in .
I used a custom crossmember/mount kit from the guy who sold me the motor. I haven't driven the setup but I cant see anyway my motor could be positioned better without firewall modification. Stock clutch fan will clear the radiator as well if I cared to go that route. But Flexalite fans are offering me a killer deal on a 2 puller setup that I'll be going with.
Another essential picture for the RB owners is the height picture, I cant see anyway to go lower without a different oil pan setup. I'm just praying its low enough for the way I want to route my intercooler piping, I'm using 2.5 inch piping so it should clear like the other guys setup, but only time will tell eh?
Overall the swap went well, didnt run into any problems. I'm going to do the wiring harness this week, hopefully it will be as easy as it looks to be. Also goin to make a power steering hardline loop for now. Then I'll be towing it over to my other shop to grind the turbo elbow down, make a custom downpipe, charge piping and throw my wiring harness on. If everything goes as planned, we're looking at T-minus 1 week to start up
I pity the foo who drops an RB in from the top. Swap progress thread
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Re: I pity the foo who drops an RB in from the top ... (jobestudios)
Yeah, lifts make your life expectancy longer too lol, less anger problems for sure... I put my motor in through the bottom as well, in a garage with floor jacks and an engine hoist, it ****ing sucked. Now im just removing my front bumper and cutting out the radiator front core support and sliding that hoe straight back into place.
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Re: (Carl H)
Funk that we do it old school. no lift in the top and on your back lol.
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Re: (HxC_Nismo)
nice! I have a friend that just did his RB25 swap at a Nissan Dealer in Dayton, OH! I wish the ones here in cincy...
Re: (Chaos the Xile)
im jealous of the fact that your camgear cover says rb20 my rb25 doesnt say **** looks awesome though bud keep up the GREAT work!!!!!
Re: (Florida240sx)
The one joy about my car is that you can take off the front bumper, then the front radiator support and radiator and just slide it in from the front
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Re: I pity the foo who drops an RB in from the top ... (jobestudios)
I bet after working on the car w/ lifts ull never go back to using Jack stands and engine hoists, LOL.
Nice project!
Nice project!
Re: I pity the foo who drops an RB in from the top ... (Kansei240sx)
What a nice resource to have your disposal Your RB looks very clean.
I was thinking of doing mine this way... Sounds like it might not be a good idea? Send me a PM pleaseKansei240sx wrote:I put my motor in through the bottom as well, in a garage with floor jacks and an engine hoist, it ****ing sucked.
Re: I pity the foo who drops an RB in from the top ... (jobestudios)
WOW-Very nice--takes allot of the headache away when doing the swap. What do all the Nissan Techs think?
Re: I pity the foo who drops an RB in from the top ... (jobestudios)
hey, doing the same swap here (old skool cherry picker though ) show some pix of your turbo elbow and down pipe when you get them done. i need to do the same things, and want to see how you clear the steering shaft. my dad owns a fab shop, so i can fab everything i need, just want to see some pix...
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Re: I pity the foo who drops an RB in from the top ... (Kansei240sx)
FTWKansei240sx wrote: Now im just removing my front bumper and cutting out the radiator front core support and sliding that hoe straight back into place.
Re: (Chaos the Xile)
you talking about marty? they did let him use the lift at nissan. so far me and him have pulled that motor in his dad's garage twice after his initial swap at nissan. he cant use the nissan cart not more tho . but a lift in his dad's garage FTW!Chaos the Xile wrote:nice! I have a friend that just did his RB25 swap at a Nissan Dealer in Dayton, OH! I wish the ones here in cincy...
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Re: (s13point5)
Yeah thats who I'm talking about he's the only other guy I know of close to me with a RB25 Swap. Me in Cincy and Him in Dayton I believe he told me.s13point5 wrote:
you talking about marty? they did let him use the lift at nissan. so far me and him have pulled that motor in his dad's garage twice after his initial swap at nissan. he cant use the nissan cart not more tho . but a lift in his dad's garage FTW!